IT WAS AUGUST… by Akinbayo Wahab
Yesterday, It was August, first day. Many mouths rejoiced and pray Over the coming of a little me. All were happy and thankful except me Staring at the things I...
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WRR-GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE 2015: MEET THE JUDGES
Here are the judges of the ‘WRR-CAPRECON GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE’ for young, unpublished Nigerian poets. The GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE’, jointly sponsored by WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM LTD and CAPRECON DEVELOPMENT...
APPLY FOR THE WRR-GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE 2015
WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM LTD is pleased to announce the ‘GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE’ for young, unpublished Nigerian poets. The prize was initiated in recognition of the need to give upcoming...
EBIDENYEFA ACHIEVES BEAUTY AND MEANING IN ‘THESE WORDS ARE NOT MINE’: a review by Rosemary Utavie-Jerry
TITLE: THESE WORDS ARE NOT MINE AUTHOR: EBIDENYEFA TARILA NIKADE GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: Words Rhymes & Rhythm YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 PAGES: 95 ISBN: 978-978-947-211-6 REVIEWER: Rosemary Utavie-Jerry 'THESE WORDS...
FACTS AND FALLACIES IN EMEKA ANIAGOLU’S 'EJIMA': a review by Salamatu Sule
TITLE: EJIMA AUTHOR: EMEKA ANIAGOLU GENRE: Historical/Science Fiction PUBLISHER: Griot Press USA, Inc YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 PAGES: 283 ISBN: 13:978-1508769026; 10: 1508769028 REVIEWER: Salamatu Sule Emeka Aniagolu is the author of...
TOBI, TO BE by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
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BONDAGED BRIDE by Ifeoluseyi Ifeoluwapo Ifeyemi
Today we unveil our new bride, The groom's kinsmen think she's antithetical to pride And there she hides! Gravitating towards 'angelic encounters', she rides; Closer to the groom, Holding a...
QUERY TO DESTINY by Aderogba Adekunle
Why clothed I In garments of fine silk And I, yet Make fidgets? Why covered I With loins of soft fibers And still on my skin- Coarse weaves? Why lost...
A MAP OF AFRICA by Onisowurun Sampson
(I) I see them all The grey and concrete pillars of a continent The entrails of the yoked in spirit Sealed here and there over the land. I see the...